Victor Sullivan

Victor "Sully" Sullivan is a character of the Uncharted video game series developed by Naughty Dog. He is voiced by Richard McGonagle, who also did the motion capture for the character. In the games, he is the adoptive father and mentor to Nathan Drake, the series' main character. He is a man with large debts and a criminal past. He appears in all three games in the series, and is playable in the multiplayer component of the 2009 video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sullivan has been featured in advertising for the series, and appeared as the owner of a bar for one of the first areas in the social space PlayStation Home. Reception to the character has been mixed, with some reviewers calling him likable, and others labeling him a jerk.
Creation and characteristics
Richard McGonagle, the voice actor for Sullivan, also performed the motion capture work for the character. The dialog was recorded while the scenes were being performed. Sullivan was meant to act as both a partner and mentor to main series protagonist Nathan Drake. His presence hints at the darker, criminal path of Drake.
In both games, Sullivan wears a bowling-style shirt, cargo pants, and chews on a cigar wherever he goes. He has a gruff, abrasive, yet jovial personality.
Appearances
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Sullivan first appears in the 2007 video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune as Drake and reporter Elena Fisher are under attack from pirates. He flies his seaplane into the gun battle, saving both Fisher and Drake. Using a map found in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake, Sullivan and Drake ditch Fisher and head into the Amazonian jungle in search of El Dorado.
The two come across a U-boat in the jungle. While Drake is inside the submarine, mercenaries led by Gabriel Roman take Sullivan hostage. Sullivan owes Roman a good deal of money, and had called him to tell him about the possible discovery and ask for time to find the treasure, allowing him to obtain the money to pay Roman back. Sully is shot and presumed dead as Drake flees. Later, Sullivan is revealed to be alive; the mercenaries are forcing him to help them find the treasure. However, Sullivan attempts to mislead them until Drake arrives and rescues him. The two realize that the statue is cursed, and Sullivan covers Drake as he goes to stop Navarro, one of Roman's henchmen, from taking the statue to sell it as a biological weapon. After Drake succeeds, Sullivan arrives in a boat full of several boxes of treasure, and picks up Drake and Fisher.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sullivan appears briefly near the beginning of the 2009 video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. He first shows up to bail Drake out of jail, using the remainder of Drake's fortune and some of his own money to bribe officials into doing so. Afterward, the two go after war criminal Lazarevic in Borneo. After destroying the base there, Sullivan is not seen again, until the final cutscene of the game. Sullivan also appears as a playable character in the multiplayer mode of the game.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Cultural impact
Merchandise and promotion
Victor Sullivan was featured as the owner of a bar in PlayStation Home as one of the first five spaces in the open beta.
Critical reception
Reception to Sullivan has been mixed among commentators. IGN called Sullivan "a great raconteur, his stories are always believable enough that people will invest in his schemes." CNET called Sullivan a "cigar-chomping, affable cad with a taste for trouble." However, The Daily Telegraph called him rude and aggressive. Gamasutra compared Sullivan to The Prince from the Prince of Persia franchise for the way he interacts in his relationships.

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